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Hello all! Of recent, with the more and more abstract my studies become, I have found that it can sometimes be difficult to relax and re-enter reality. I don't like to watch television or play video games, and I have recently run out of books to read that can still stimulate my interest, but...

Is it a good choice to read these books first or there's a better way. My professor recommended me these books but as I started them they had bulk of maths and really matter was not that understandable on my first try. I am an engineer. I read physics in free time I can get , so shall I go ahead...

Does someone have solutions to Weinberg's books on QFT which he care to share with me?

Hi, What books/book chapters are good for learning adiabatic elimination in great depth? Thank you.

I am looking for a good book on Exoplanets and habbitable zones. So that I would be familiar with a large range of exoplanets and the criteria of exoplanets and so on... Please don't hold back on the mathematics (if there is any) or on any scoentific issue, as I am asking for a good scientific...

I am finding some topics a bit obscurely explained. I have attached the curriculum/study guide we are using, and was hoping someone could suggest books which cover these bases. Particularly finding week 8 a bit difficult at the moment, especially stability (surely just more robust revision and...

Hi there, I was just wondering if anyone knows of any good materials, books, websites, Youtube users etc for me to teach myself Complex Analysis for school. Some good practice problems with answers and explanations would be wicked too. Thanks :)

What are some good textbooks dealing with various Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics? I am not asking for popular science books. I have a book called 'Understanding Quantum Mechanics' by Ronald Omens on the consistent histories approach and I am looking for something like that.

I am a graduate student in physics. One of my biggest frustrations in my education is that I often find that my mathematical background is lacking for the work I do. Sure I can make calculations adequately, well enough to even do well in my courses, but I don't feel like I really understand...

Here is what I have read: carroll, sean from eternity to here carroll, sean the particle at the end of the universe deutsch, david the fabric of reality gott, j. richard time travel in einstein's universe greene, brian the elegant universe greene, brian the fabric of the cosmos greene...

Hello everyone! This is my first post on the forums so I hope I'm not posting this in the wrong section. I have been working through Apostol's Calculus Vol. 1 and so far I've been enjoying it a lot. I'm about to finish the 5th chapter, and while I would ordinarily wait until I was almost...

Walking to campus this morning, a light bulb appeared above my head... The concepts that I've mastered, I define mastery as an intuitive understanding of problem solving methods, have one thing in common. I've practiced or used these ideas repeatedly, so they are stored in my long-term...

For those looking for an undergraduate introduction to module theory there is not a great deal of choice regarding textbooks, but two possible texts are as follows: "A First Course in Module Theory" by M.E. Keating of Imperial College, London [Publisher: Imperial College Press, 1998] and...

Hi what would be some good books for helping to understand chemistry for beginners? I'm not sure what kind of level of understanding this forum is aimed at or if it is (or can be) made to accommodate people who have very limited understanding of science. Unfortunately I didn't take science...

Hi, When I am in the Google Books I cannot find selecting tool as there is pdf files but there is a hand. But with that hand I cannot copy and paste a phrase. Under what setting I can find selecting tool or there is no selecting tool. Have nice day

Hi, I'm in the early stage of my ph.d program in electrical engineering and I have realized I need to know more math (I'm in circuits). Problem is that I have no idea where to even begin. In my undergraduate, I took the basic math courses (calculus , DEQ, linear algebra) but these aren't...

Dear Physics Forum community, I teach AP Physics and general physics at a small independent school. One of my colleagues asked me if I could recommend a book on relativity for the son of a friend, who is a bright 11th grade student. Sadly, I have not read many books in the popular science...

What free books/pdfs or online learning tools(encyclopedias/notes) are there on electrical engineering that you recommend?

Between Beer and Hibbeler, which is the better book? Are there any other books beside those two that are any good? Are there any books that I can use to complement either of these two to get a more theoretical understanding of are they fine alone? Thanks

I would to know if anyone knows any books in mathematics or physics at any level : -Which treat their subject in an unusual maybe even original ways? -Treat topics rarely touched upon in standard ones? -Any book that's not very known but which you regard as useful ? -Whether this book is...

Hi there, everyone! I'm sure this question has been asked many times before, but I did not really find any similar posts, so I hope you guys will bear with me! I am teaching myself what could be categorized as Calculus 1, using Adams' "Calculus: A Complete Course" along with "Schaum's 3000...

Nice to meet you guys! :blushing: That's my first time writing in a forum in English. Don't know how to start. I kind of super need your help. I have a poor Math knowledge for most of you, but I've been studying very hard. My father was teaching me Math, but he's working abroad and I have to...

Hello fellows, Properly introducing myself into dark matter so in the quest for book suggestions from those of you who are into the topic. Thanks in advance

I'm looking to reduce the amount of books I have, but I'd like to get a few references references books to replace them. I'd like a set of books that encompasses everything from mechanics, nuclear, optics, and solid state, to ,basic lab electronics, astronomy, quantum, and their mathematical...

Not sure if I posted this in the correct area, but hopefully it will be moved if I haven't done so. I'm here asking you guys if you know any books relevant to writing a paper on the subject of "The Development of Newton's mechanistic Universe - Principia (1687)." It's for a history class, so...

Recently me and my friends started undergraduate courses following our interests(mostly engineering, science and maths). can anyone suggest some great books for reference and to use as guides for the respective courses? (like electronics and communication engineering : 1.abcd book 2.some...

I'm doing an undergraduate course in engineering 1st sem. I have physics which contains cumbersome amount of vector calculus operations. Although I have cleared my concepts I require a lot of practice to increase agility in vector calculus. I demand thus a good practice book or set of problems...

Hi, I started reading General Relativity but concepts such as Lorentz transformations, rotations, tensors etc. are, at least in my opinion, poorly explained. Or perhaps the authors assume that the readers are already familiar with such maths? At any rate, I would very much like to read...

Hi everyone, I'm currently looking for a book on ways to sketch curves, especially for the more unusual kinds of curves, something that teaches things like hyperbolic curves, x^x, sigmoid functions and so on. These are what I have not encountered in my learning very often, so I'm interested to...

Hello, I'm taking a break from school this semester to work and pursue interests that I have let fall to the way-side due to studies. I'm an EE major but physics is sort of a "hobby" that I enjoy learning past what is required for my classes. I would like to take a QM course next year some...

Dear all, I am following Shigley's Mechanical engineering design as a textbook for my course of machine design.But i would be very thankful if anyone gives me some references books of machine design in pdf format containing more and more problems.It will be helpful also if you can provide any...

I've tried to learn calculus many times from many books,I've come to the conclusion that there is no ideal book on this subject. I've read Spivak's book,and greatly enjoyed its problems but I felt unstatisfied by the explanations and the illustration were very poor ,and the only chapter on...

Although I am a newer publishing thread here, I notice this forums for a long time. And I hope someone could help me. I am doing some nuclear reaction research and want to shift myself to the nuclear structure area. I can find some references for some special topic. While I think I...

Hello everyone! I'm a civil engineering (bachelor) student, and I was fascinated by the "hydraulics" course. unfortunately, my study plan doesn't include other courses on the matter for at least one year. Thus, I am looking for some easy books to begin with, to study it a bit on my own...

Is there a widely used free drawing program that is used in conjunction with LaTeX for math books and physics text? Thanks, Chris

Hi, I'm entering graduate school this fall and was looking to improve my computational physics knowledge. I have experience with MATLAB, Python, Java, and some C. My question is which resources do you think are the best for learning the methods required for computational quantum...

Hi fellas, I have taken white dwarf stars as my undergrad thesis choice, so I need some suggestion on good books on dwarf. please suggest me books for both reading and for some mathematical derivations regarding the white dwarf

hello. I am asked to give a lecture on double pipe heat exchanger . I have studied books like process heat transfer by D.Kern and some online articles. I was wondering if other complete sources are available about http://scopewe.com/double-pipe-heat-exchanger-design-part-1/. I would appreciate...

Thread was split of from this thread: https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=761954 Oops, I think you meant to say "Only read them if you are disatisfied with how physicists elegantly reduce the mathematics to be as simple as it needs to be rather than the grotesque overcomplications...

Hello everyone, I'm very tempted to learn more about physics but the problem occurs when I'm about to choose from two books, one regarding physics and the other maths only. What exactly should I do in order to become good at physics? Should I go through the maths book (which I think is...

I'm in the middle of Kolmogorov's little 70 page probability book and it's phenomenal so far, clearest I've ever read on the subject. Also in the middle of Dirac's little General Relativity book, again phenomenal. Dip into Milnor's Topology from the Differentiable Viewpoint every now and again...

Hi guys, I am interested to learn tensor calculus but I can't find a good book that provide rigorous treatment to tensor calculus if anyone could recommend me to one I would be very pleased.

In PA, the libraries' reading program is about science. I read the book, "Life as we do not know it" and want a book explaining nanotechnology and a book about the mapped genome. Since I have no clue where to begin, I hope you could suggest a book in each category. I took advanced biology...

Hi guys! I am looking for good lectures or books on special relativity and/or general relativity. Thanks in advance for any feedback.

I've been doing some light reading on Geometric Graph Theory, and it seem interesting to me. However, at the moment I've only managed to find a few Wikipedia articles and one .PDF of lecture notes. I'm looking for something which is more complete, such as a book or a website for example...

Hey guys, I am new here, not sure if it's right place to post, but my girlfriend is finishing high school next year, she is interested in neuro-science as an undergraduate full-time course in the UK or Germany, I was wondering if you guys have any english textbooks you recommend her having a...

I have a shoe box full of old match books from bars and casinos etc. I store them in a closet. It just dawned on my that it might not be an ideal storing situation. Is there any danger them like this? Should I put them in a metal box and in a garage? Could them spontaneously light and burn my...

I'd like to read some layperson level materials about astronomy and astrophysics, what do you recommend?

Could anyone recommend an up-to-date and not too advanced book or online notes on applied quantum mechanics or quantum technology? Most of my books are quite old and I need to have a basic understanding of the subject for a work experience project in six weeks time. Thank you!

hi I'm a math undergraduate and looking for books about fluid dynamics, electromagnetism, classical mechanics and quantum mechanics. introductory to intermediate level. would prefer books with lots of examples and include good amount of graphs and diagrams. thanks!